DA: “Return of load shedding is ANC’s cynical New Year’s gift to South Africa”
The Democratic Alliance (DA) is planning to drive all South Africans to the polls after New Year’s Day surprise load shedding.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has made a bid deal out of the return of load shedding on New Year’s Day.
THE DA’S OPINION ON THE RETURN OF LOAD SHEDDING
Samantha Graham-Maré MP, DA Shadow Minister of Electricity, said the announcement by Eskom that stage 3 load shedding has returned less than 24 hours after South Africa entered 2024, confirms that this is the year where South Africans must use the power of their vote to defeat the ANC at the ballot box.
“The temporary reprieve in power cuts over the festive season clearly resulted only from the downturn in economic activity over the holidays. With the economy opening back up from [today], Eskom has been forced to immediately reinstate stage 3 load shedding.”
Samantha
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THE REASON FOR ROLLING BLACKOUTS AFTER THE NEW YEAR
She claimed the return of rolling blackouts is the ANC’s cynical New Year’s gift to South Africa.
“Even though last year saw the highest levels of load shedding in South African history, the immediate reinstatement of rolling power cuts on New Year’s Day 2024 is an omen that the power crisis may hit businesses, workers and consumers even harder over the coming year than ever before,” Samantha speculated, adding that this serves as an urgent reminder to us all that 2024 must be the year when voters take away the ANC’s outright majority at the ballot box.
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THE DA’S ONLY SOLUTION TO THE CRISIS
“Decades of ANC corruption and mismanagement are the root causes of the collapse of our electricity system and the associated explosion in unemployment and hardship.
“The only way to end load shedding is to seize the opportunity presented by the 2024 election to replace the ANC with a new national government anchored by the DA. We therefore urgently call on all South Africans to visit check.da.org.za to ensure that they are registered to vote in the 2024 election, which is now as little as five months away,” Samantha appealed.
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